Wow-- it's been almost a month since my last post!! What's new with us? Well... Alexis is growing and changing so much everyday. She turned 13 months yesterday! She runs everywhere she goes and even adds a little hop in there every once in a while! At her 12 month appointment, the doctor suggested transitioning her from bottles to sippy cups by her next appointment at 15 months. She drinks water and juice from the sippy cups and is doing great! The hard part, for me anyway, is going to be getting rid of the bottle at nap and bedtime. The other thing the doctor wanted us to do was start brushing her teeth. We are just starting with that one :)
So, at 13 months, Alexis:
***likes to listen to music and LOVES to dance!!
***says "hi" all the time... other words include: hey, mama, uh-oh and up
***is still eating some baby food, but prefers table food. Some of her favorites are Ritz crackers, cheese, spaghetti, fruit & although she only had a few sips, she loves chocolate milkshakes!
***can crawl up on the couch and get down all by herself
***Skypes almost everyday
***is finally getting teeth!! She has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom.
***likes watching Yo Gabba Gabba and the weather... she stops what she is doing everytime to watch the weather
***is getting better at getting dressed and diaper changes but they still aren't her favorite
***can drink from a straw and loves to do so
***takes only 1 nap a day (usually 1-2 hours long) and sleeps 11-12 hours every night
***is terrified of her crib... i see a "big girl bed" in her near future!
I'm really going to try to keep up with the blog better, not only to keep family and friends updated on what Alexis is up to, but also to "document" her milestones (kind of like a baby book) and compare with our next baby.... which is going to be sooner than later!! We are soooo excited to announce that Alexis is going to be a big sister! And that she is going to have a baby brother!!! The little guy is expected to arrive mid-August! I am also very excited to have a summer baby!
Enough writing... here are some pictures! Alexis and I traveled back home 2 weekends ago to celebrate her Great Grandma Mona's 80th birthday!! Only a few of the pictures turned out, so here they are:
Here are some from today. The only thing that seems to help her teething pain is to suck on her fingers or ice. I put ice in her mesh food thing and she loves it!
It is so hard to get good pictures because she is moving around so much so I thought maybe I could get a couple cute ones while she ate dinner. Everytime I would count "1.. 2... 3...." she would pose and make a face!
Happy and clapping after eating a big dinner!
All done with dinner... and pictures!!
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